Do you feel comfortable dancing for developmentally disabled (retarded, even though it is not PC to say, it is more accurately descriptive I think) people? I have mixed feelings about this, mostly having to do with money issues. Sometimes I don't think these people are capable of making informed decisions about purchases and are easily taken advantage of. So I don't want to take their money. On the other hand, I want to affirm their sexuality as well and acknowledge that they have the right to sexual experiences. (Sometimes people assume that retarded people aren't or shouldn't be sexual. I disagree.) I usually will do one dance and not offer another, thank them take my $20 and leave. But there have ben a couple of times that I have noticed other dancers doing 5-10 dances for someone like this (until they are out of money) and it seems unethical to me. I haven't said anything to those dancers though. I'm not sure if I'm just a wimp about it or if I don't really know the right thing to do here. What do you think?



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